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( 1 ) OJ NO L 54 , 5 . 3 . 1979 , P . 1 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 305 , 14 . 11 . 1980 , P . 1 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 234 , 5 . 9 . 1980 , P . 17 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 299 , 8 . 11 . 1980 , P . 12 .

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3347/80

OF 23 DECEMBER 1980

AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2325/80 LAYING DOWN DETAILED RULES FOR THE APPLICATION OF THE ADDITIONAL MEASURES APPLICABLE TO HOLDERS OF LONG-TERM STORAGE CONTRACTS FOR TABLE WINE FOR THE 1979/80 WINE-GROWING YEAR

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 337/79 OF 5 FEBRUARY 1979 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN WINE ( 1 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2930/80 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLES 12 ( 4 ) AND 65 THEREOF ,

WHEREAS ARTICLE 4 ( 1 ) OF COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2325/80 ( 3 ), AS AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2392/80 ( 4 ), STIPULATES THAT APPLICATIONS FOR APPROVAL OF CONTRACTS ARE TO BE MADE NOT LATER THAN 31 DECEMBER 1980 ; WHEREAS , IN ORDER TO MAKE THESE APPLICATIONS , PRODUCERS IN ONE MEMBER STATE MUST AWAIT A COMMUNICATION FROM THE ADMINISTRATION WHICH MAY NOT REACH THEM IN TIME BECAUSE OF THE CONSIDERABLE ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN EXISTING AT THE END OF THE YEAR ; WHEREAS IT IS NECESSARY , TO ALLOW THE PERFORMANCE GUARANTEE MEASURES TO HAVE THE DESIRED EFFECT , TO EXTEND THE DEADLINE FOR MAKING THE SAID APPLICATIONS ;

WHEREAS THE MEASURES PROVIDED FOR IN THIS REGULATION ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPINION OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR WINE ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2325/80 IS HEREBY AMENDED AS FOLLOWS :

1 . ARTICLE 4 ( 1 ) IS REPLACED AS FOLLOWS :

' 1 . APPLICATIONS FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONTRACTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 343/79 SHALL BE MADE NOT LATER THAN 15 JANUARY 1981 . '

2 . ARTICLE 9 ( 1 ) IS REPLACED AS FOLLOWS :

' 1 . MEMBER STATES SHALL NOTIFY THE COMMISSION NOT LATER THAN 15 FEBRUARY 1981 OF THE QUANTITIES OF WINE APPEARING IN THE DISTILLATION CONTRACTS APPROVED . '

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE DAY OF ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 23 DECEMBER 1980 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

FINN GUNDELACH

VICE-PRESIDENT